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Meantime, the CIA gets word that a sinister international organization called the Hamlet Group has a two-step plan to shake down the U.S. The terrorists will first explode an atom bomb in Santo Domingo, then threaten to blow up an American target unless their extortionate demands are met. Loomis takes on the job of finding the bomb before it goes off. The writing is predictable (sample: "Turning, he brought the .357 to bear on the loveliest girl he ever saw"). But the plot is full of captivating twists. And at the end all we know about the Hamlet Group is that it has the means and will to try bomb blackmail again—Sanders' own warning that his chilling fiction may not be as farfetched as one hopes.